Spanish Verb APRETAR - to tighten. Irregular AR family

Spanish Verb APRETAR: to tighten

The Spanish verb apretar means 'to tighten ' and is an irregular Spanish AR verb.

To remember this, imagine A PRETTY girl tightens the noose!

Apretar changes the stem in the Present, Present Subjunctive and Imperative tenses.
During December a new irregular -AR verb is featured each day to enable you to consolidate an irregular AR verb family. You will learn other verbs with similar patterns such as alentar, cerrar, desterrar, salpimentar, and others.

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Read on, below the APRETAR verb table...

to tighten: apretar
Imagine A PRETTY girl tightens the noose!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE apretar
Simple Tenses apretar
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente tighten	aprieto	aprietas	aprieta	apretamos	apretáis	aprietan
Imperfect Imperfecto tightened	apretaba	apretabas	apretaba	apretábamos	apretabais	apretaban
Preterit Pretérito tightened	apreté	apretaste	apretó	apretamos	apretasteis	apretaron
Future Futuro will tighten	apretaré	apretarás	apretará	apretaremos	apretaréis	apretarán
Conditional Condicional would tighten	apretaría	apretarías	apretaría	apretaríamos	apretaríais	apretarían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may tighten	apriete	aprietes	apriete	apretemos	apretéis	aprieten
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo may tighten	apretara	apretaras	apretara	apretáramos	apretarais	apretaran
	apretase	apretases	apretase	apretásemos	apretaseis	apretasen
Imperative Tenses apretar
Imperative Imperativo tighten!		¡aprieta!	¡apriete!	¡apretemos!	¡apretad!	¡aprieten!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't tighten!		¡no aprietes!	¡no apriete!	¡no apretemos!	¡no apretéis!	¡no aprieten!
Compound Tenses apretar - Past Participle apretado - tightened
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have tightened	he apretado	has apretado	ha apretado	hemos apretado	habéis apretado	han apretado
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had tightened	hube apretado	hubiste apretado	hubo apretado	hubimos apretado	hubisteis apretado	hubieron apretado
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had tightened	había apretado	habías apretado	había apretado	habíamos apretado	habíais apretado	habían apretado
Present Perfect Subjunctive Presente perfecto have tightened	haya apretado	hayas apretado	haya apretado	hayamos apretado	hayáis apretado	hayan apretado
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have tightened	habré apretado	habrás apretado	habrá apretado	habremos apretado	habréis apretado	habrán apretado
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have tightened	habría apretado	habrías apretado	habría apretado	habríamos apretado	habríais apretado	habrían apretado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have tightened	hubiera apretado	hubieras apretado	hubiera apretado	hubiéramos apretado	hubierais apretado	hubieran apretado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have tightened	hubiese apretado	hubieses apretado	hubiese apretado	hubiésemos apretado	hubieseis apretado	hubiesen apretado
Progressive Tenses: Present Participle apretando - tightening
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am tightening	estoy apretando	estás apretando	está apretando	estamos apretando	está apretando	están apretando
Preterit Progressive Pretérito was tightening	estuve apretando	estuviste apretando	estuvo apretando	estuvimos apretando	estuvisteis apretando	estuvieron apretando
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto had been tightening	estaba apretando	estabas apretando	estaba apretando	estábamos apretando	estabais apretando	estaban apretando
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto will be tightening	estaré apretando	estarás apretando	estará apretando	estaremos apretando	estaréis apretando	estarán apretando
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto would've been tightening	estaría apretando	estarías apretando	estabría apretando	estaríamos apretando	estaríais apretando	estarían apretando
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo may've been tightening	que ~ apretando	que ~ apretando	que ~ apretando	que ~ apretando	que ~ apretando	que ~ apretando

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MORE on the SPANISH VERB apretar

apretar can also mean: to squeeze, to grip, to clutch; to press or pull; to intensify, to get worse.
apretarse (vr): to huddle together, to squeeze together.
apretar a hacer algo: to begin to do something.
apretar a correr: to break into a run.

apretar la mano a alguien: to shake someone's hand.
apretar bien: to clench.
apretar el puño: to clench one's fist.

¡Aprieta! Nonsense! Good grief!
apretar a alguien: to put pressure on someone.
apretar el cinturón: to tighten the belt.
apretar el acelerador: to put one's foot down on the accelerator.
apretar los tornillos: to tighten the screws.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular AR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos apretás
Imperativo: ¡apretá!

HOW TO CONQUER SPANISH VERB CONJUGATION

The Spanish verb for tighten apretar is an Irregular AR verb.
Learn to conjugate apretar and it will reinforce this irregular pattern.
Do a series of verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the verbs' conjugation patterns. Keep doing them with a new one every day from the Spanish Verbs List.
The same applies to the various patterns. Each month we feature a daily verb from one of the major pattern groups.
Repeating these tables aloud 10 times throughout the day will better embed the patterns into your subconscious, and your long term memory.
Reciting aloud is a great way for you to practice your pronunciation, and helps you to memorize the conjugations.

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